Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-24

A colt once stunted never fnllv ~
c0Fers from the effects. II Is quite
Necessary, then. that colts Be steadily
Kept growing 81 all times Of the year
even 4 i requires special attention and
care % do ii
A farmer Of some experience SAYS
A COW that kicks Sights occasionally
Or from sore udder. Leaf, OF some spe-
ci6c czuse. ear Sc rrsarared "a yar;es,-
wayss bat q simon-pure, downright
kicker i not worth he trouble snd
anxiety . requires 70 perform the job.
In thss ease put a HUNGRY calf or
each side and let her kiek-fhey don't
care.
Thomas O'Shez, Of Dznbury. Conn,
owned two hens and a rooster. Early
this spring the hens wanted 20 set and
be let them set. One died on the nest,
and Thomas. discovering i before the
eggs we're cold, put them in = basket
and pat the rooster on the eggs and
fastened him there He fed and wa
tered him without letting him quit the
nest. and IN due time from the fifteen
eggs thirteen chicks appeared. Their
father seems proud Of them and takes
good care Of his family.
When q new conner arrives in a newly
settled section q country, he usually
hnds those living there are very ready
70 assist him in getting q start II
farmers in the older settled sections
would work in the same spirit Of co
operation. We really believe that il
would hasten the millennium at least q
few hours.
The " New Agriculture. which we
have all heard about. Is simply the con-
verse Of drainage. The latter process
takes OF the excess Of water in the
spring. while the former saves up this
excess for use in the later months OF
July and August, when the growing
crops are threatened by drouth.
Every year some one comes out in
the papers recommending salt and
i what Hon. A. B. Dickinson OF New
York said, after having tried it: 81
have heard il stated that five bushels
Of salt 10 the acre, OF one hundred
bushels Of lime, would destroy wire
worms have tried both, and sowed
ten bushels Of salt to the acre. and
they only laughed At my folly. ! tried
one hundred bushels Of lime, rs re-
commended, and they fattened on my
bounty"
Just a. soon as the land Is in condi- |
ton 10 work, it Is time 70 mend the
country roads. A keen observer once
said: Let me travel over the roads Of
any country and l viii tell you the
character Of its inhabitants" And he
was right. The public roads are an
index 10 the prosperity and enterprise |
OF the people who make them. There !
should be no attempt TO put of this |
work OF improving the roads until the |
last possible moment, when il must |
be done in the shiftless manner which |
charaeterizes 20 much hasty work.
A bill has passed the North Carolina |
Legislature establishing an agricultural |
and mechanical college, independent |
OF the University Of North Carolina, |
which has hitherto enjoyed the benefit 1
OF the national agricultural college !
land grant.
The Legislature OF Kansas has APP
propFiated over so 900 to the State 1
Agricultural College, providing for |
every item presented by the Board OF |
Trustees, at the full estimate of the 1
Board, and this without any special l
pressure upon either committees or
Legislature.
Bulletin 10 of the Agricultural Col
lege Of Michigan gives the experience 1
Of the professor OF agriculture, Samuel l
Johnson, with the potato crop. He 4
prefers sandy or gravelly soils, medi- 4
um, rather than large-sized seed, cut |
to three or four eyes, and planted about
the middle of May Beauty OF Heb
ron and Burbank are the varieties pre-
ferred. The bulletin may be procured /
free by addressing Prof. Johnson, as
above.
Do not feed breeding sows largely on
grain. They may be kept in good
but il should be done by 1
giving them more bulky or partially
green food.
Most farmers have learned that cut /
hay, or even straw wet and sprinkled |
with meal, is better feed for working 1
horses than whole grain and hay. /
In this shape the nutriment in the 1
feed Is easily eaten and easily di- /
gested.
Mix can be fed TO poultry in any
condition. either a. SKINNED milk, /
curds. or when mixed with I
meal or ground grain Of any kind. II /
Is valuable food for egg production, I
being rich in albumen, and supplies /
many substances that may be lacking 1
In other foods. It is cheap on those /
farms where only the cream is saved, /
and viii give better results with poul-
try than when fed 10 pigs.